Feb

20

Ubuntu LAMP Server With Torrentflux In VMware

February 20, 2008 | By: UbuntuLinuxHelp | 1 Comment
Posted in Hands On, How To

This tutorial is meant for Linux newbies who want to try and build a Ubuntu Server box as a web server and torrent client. It is a step by step instruction on how to do this in VMWare on Windows XP to get the feel of it. I wrote this after, being a Linux newbie [...]

Feb

20

How to Display Linux VPS Memory Usage

February 20, 2008 | By: UbuntuLinuxHelp | 1 Comment
Posted in Editorials, How To

In my experience, the hardest thing to work around when using a VPS for hosting is limited memory. It’s definitely a challenge to try and tune a database, web server, and application server for load under the constraints of a VPS plan (typically 512 MB or less of RAM). The best solution I came-up with [...]

Feb

19

You Can Switch to Linux! – MaximumPC

February 19, 2008 | By: UbuntuLinuxHelp | Leave a Comment
Posted in Applications, How To

I’ve written about Linux in Maximum PC quite a bit over the last three years. You see, I’m intrigued by the prospect of a free, open operating system, one that’s available for everyone to use and modify to suit their own purposes. Rather than a monolithic operating system vendor telling me that I’m not allowed [...]

Feb

19

Skype on Ubuntu Linux

February 19, 2008 | By: UbuntuLinuxHelp | Leave a Comment
Posted in How To

A couple Windows Ubuntu users asked me about Skype (because they used Skype on their old platform). For those interested, here is that information (below). It was easy to get Skype working. This screencast covers the following topics:- Downloading the Skype installation package Installing Skype Performing a test call Using Skype to make a call [...]

Feb

18

Top 10 Must Have Applications for Ubuntu. (In no particular order).

February 18, 2008 | By: UbuntuLinuxHelp | 19 Comments
Posted in Applications, How To

For all the people who asked what apps I use, these are the ten best applications that I recommend having installed on an Ubuntu based PC. Why? They allow for some eye candy, but most importantly all for a computer that can actually do something valuable – Instead of just looking good ;) And… I [...]

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